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    Dec 15, 2025  
American University Catalog 2025-2026 
    
American University Catalog 2025-2026

Office of Graduate & Professional Studies General Information


Administration and Faculty

Administration

Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies  Wendy Attaya Boland
Assistant Dean of Graduate Academic Administration and Reporting  Jason Kennedy
Executive Director of Lifelong Learning  Jason Garner
Director of Graduate Student Success and Office Management; Academic Advisor  Andrew Toczydlowski
Director of Graduate and Executive Education  Fernando Santiago Marrero

Full-Time Faculty

Senior Professorial Lecturer  B. Peters

Graduate Programs and Certificates

The Office of Graduate & Professional Studies  offers specialized online graduate educational programs and courses to meet the needs of professional students. Through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous instruction and immersive academic curricula, students gain new skills and ways of thinking for innovative learning, personal growth, and career redesign. Graduate programs offered are: Healthcare Administration (MPS) Human Resource Management (MS) , Measurement and Evaluation (MS) , Sports Analytics and Management (MS) , and Non-Degree Professional Programs/Executive Education. Graduate certificates offered are: Human Resource Management (Graduate Certificate) , Professional Skills (Graduate Certificate) , Project Monitoring and Evaluation (Graduate Certificate) , and Sports Analytics and Management (Graduate Certificate) .

Executive Programs

Our Executive Programs offer in-demand online, hybrid, and in-person training and preparation courses in the areas of Executive Coaching, Human Resource Management, Healthcare Project Management, and Cybersecurity. Some of these
programs are developed in partnership with institutions that are key players in their fields, which give students the benefits of their expertise and experience. In the spirit of lifelong learning, our Executive Programs meet the students where they are in
their careers and can develop new curricula to fit their needs, the needs of their employers, or the needs of our community. We also offer customized non-credit short training courses directly to employers and their staff.